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Mar 2021
42m 38s

Billie Holiday

BBC Sounds
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<p>Sophie Duker, Daliso Chaponda and Kemah Bob riff over jazz singer Billie Holiday, who sang Strange Fruit. Producer Beth O'Dea</p> 
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